Happy Thanksgiving!! What a whirlwind these last two weeks have been. We are grateful for the comments, thoughts and prayers that have been offered on our behalf. Thanksgiving week was a joyous one spent with family and friends. Leigh worked on and off at the hospital throughout the week while Andrew enjoyed being able to play with the kids. (Strange to type that in the plural form...) We are doing our best to adjust to having a newborn and a very busy toddler.

This picture cracks us up. It's one of the few we have were Rorey is more than willing to smile at the camera and yet John is clearly not so visible. Oh well, hopefully we have many more years to attempt at pictures. 

Our growing family.

John went in for his 1 week check up and was back up to his birth weight, 6 lbs 8 oz. The doctor gave him a clean bill of health. Rorey and John will both be heading into the doctor next week for Rorey's 18 month check up and John's 2 week. Hopefully Rorey has managed to climb back onto the weight scale.

 
                                                             Eyes open!! Success.

Rorey loves taking walks. She enjoys picking up all the leaves she can and bringing them to whomever she is walking with. She also loves to be lifted up to touch the hanging branches. (Rock climbing here we come!) This past week, it got a little cooler in temperature. Andrew let Rorey pick out a hoodie to go on their walk. This is what she went with....

                                                        Love our little monster. So fitting.

We have received many inquiries into why Andrew has a black eye in some of our recent photos. No, Leigh did not punch him. Andrew had a diabetic reaction that caused him to meet the floor in our kitchen in a rather unpleasant manner. He is doing better and for the most part has stopped scaring little children when they see his face. Here is a picture when his eye was at one of its better moments:

What a tough guy!

Our homestudy will be on December 6th. This is where they come and inspect our home to make sure it is a fit environment to raise a child in. They also ask us a long list of personal questions to determine that we have some iota of what we are getting ourselves into. (Who really knows what they are getting into when it comes to parenting? Really.) We will keep you posted as to how that turns out as we continue to count down the days until John can become part of our eternal family.

Post sponge bath for John. Love the curls. 

We hope that each of you had an amazing Thanksgiving and were able to celebrate with loved ones. We continue to be humbled and awestruck at the generosity of those around us. Thank you. We might not always get a chance to say it, but we always feel the gratitude in our hearts for those that have made the last few weeks such a success.